...Our ancestors proved they were "better" than Homo Neanderthalensis. Then we proved that we're "better" than all the other life forms we rely on and share a planet with. It's not surprising that some of us think that equality is unnatural; it's certainly not where we came from...

...This is a very painful but important step in our own self-guided evolution, now that we're literally in charge of this rock, incapable of hiding under it. The bleating of those uncomfortable with the many layers of humbling equality this will take? Ugly sounds indicative of progress.